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Synopsis: Frustrated with academy life, Naruto steals a third years training manual and resolves to teach himself the Henge before anyone else in his class. Done on the night of a full moon, Naruto has no idea what his attempts will cause. Genderbender possibly Nary/Ino though definitely friendship and it also has some fanart.

Synopsis: AU. Naruto is attacked the day after graduation and after Hinata takes a kunai for him, he uses the Kyuubi's Chakra and is forced to flee the village. The fox guides him to his ancestral home of Uzushio and uses a special puppet to summon his mother, Kushina. Now, he travels alongside her, in an attempt to rebuild their village.

Synopsis: My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I don't have chakra. I can't walk on walls, I can't breath fire, and I certainly can't make a clone of myself. Who cares? I'm awesome anyway." Can Naruto be a good ninja in a world where everyone BUT him has superpowers? Yes. Yes he can.| Story takes on a more modern take on the Naruto world and begs the question on what would happen if Naruto had no access to Chakra. Very engaging and not afraid to kill off a bunch of main and or side characters. Also, HAN.. Just, HAN.

Synopsis: In a world where Orochimaru is Hokage and the Hidden Villages are ruled by tyrants, Tenten finds the lines between ally and enemy blurring when a desperate strategy lands her in the company of enigmatic strangers who wear black cloaks with red clouds. DeiTen and NejiTen. Contains adult themes.

Synopsis: For Namikaze Minato, Yondaime Hokage, the day started out like any other. But then Jiraiya walked into his office with a teen that could have been his clone and that bore the name of his vanished lover. His day just got very, very interesting. AU

Pairing(s): Unrequited Naruto/Lots of people (Hinata mostly). Naruto just doesn't know about it.

Synopsis: Naruto is a God. Naruto is an actual literal God, as in "pray to him and he grants miracles" God, but he has no clue that's the case. He's still the same lovable goofball roaming the countryside with Jiraiya, and he has no idea that people are building temples in his honor.

Synopsis: Sasuke Uchiha is Rookie of the Year and son of the police chief. Naruko Namikaze is prime Kunoichi and hero of Konoha, daughter of the Yondaime Hokage. Hence, the dead last assigned to their team is Shinku Haruno...son of civilians. There is no rising from the lower levels when you're surrounded by prodigies. Just live through the nightmare...and hope to wake up to a better day.

Comments: Be warned that it's pretty dark and edgy. Given the amount of trouble Naru(k)o and Sasuke get up to just for being so overpowered, it's a more realistic take on what should have ended up happening to a normal person who unfortunately got dragged along with them. Negative points: the plotline is a bit confusing, and the ending still has some loose ends. Overall, though, very well done Coming of Age story where the OC actually goes through a lot of hell to earn his stripes instead of simply being a Gary Stu.

Synopsis: A Self-Insert Fic in the vein of Self as Canon Character. The SI is merged with the just shy of four years old Hinata Hyuga at the exact moment when she is rescued from her abduction. After a brief moment of excitement, this situation is quickly seen with a serious case of Fridge Horror as the SI realizes that they have just been fused with the mind of a girl who's entire life is a prison walled off by the laws of her clan.

Synopsis (from Fanfiction.net): No one just falls into another world. It just doesn't happen. Not normally, at least. Not even rarely. It's an effect, not a cause. And I should have known that. The signs were there. The warnings were clear. I should have paid attention. No one just falls into another world. No one just falls into another world, and returns, I should say. Because I fell. And returning was impossible.

Comments: The humor and romance is perfectly balanced out, the serious moments aren't out of place, the fluffiness is just right, the OC - Mia - isn't a Mary Sue and even though it alters from canon, it's still believable! I haven't finished reading it yet, but let's just say that I believe that there is a good reason this story has over 2000 reviews!

Synopsis: In a modern-day universe with no jutsu, Itachi gains the Sharingan while on the job as a police officer for the city of Konoha. He keeps it secret, but the situation soon spirals, and he is forced to kill his cousin Shisui and flee the city to escape Danzo and save Sasuke. To this end, he joins Akatsuki, all for the purpose of keeping his brother safe.

Comments: The alternate universe and Itachi's thought processes are fascinating. There are no jutsu, but kekkei genkai and Jinchuuriki show up, and ninja have special relationships with a certain type of animal. Itachi's affinity is for crows. The story is told in a series of short snapshots, most of them centered on Itachi. Oh, and the fight scenes are great. Also, be prepared to be emotionally compromised. You may not cry—that's not the kind of emotion—but the story is that good.

Synopsis: AU. Ita/Naru. Naruto is the new kid at Konoha Academy of the Arts and he's got some pretty dark secrets. And when his past comes back to haunt him, he won't be able to keep them hidden for very long. (actual synopsis for the fic)

Synopsis: A modification of the seal holding back the Kyuubi has surprising consequences. A different version of Naruto discovers the ability to travel between multiple, different universes and begins a quest to uncover a conspiracy that stretches across them. But dogging him are a group of powerful, SS-rank ninja intent on conquering all of the universes.

Synopsis: AU. Desperate and rushed, Minato Namikaze is forced to rely on the Death God's seal, a seal he doesn't fully understand, and his son pays the price with his life. So who is the blond-haired kid running around Konoha? M for language and violence.

Synopsis: After successfully retrieving Sasuke, a number of additional seals are detected on his body which had damaged his performance. Once removed, Naruto needs to recover in a body with far less limitations. Because of this, Tsunade names Naruto her apprentice to remove him from the threat of the Council, leaving Jiraiya in charge as temporary Hokage (who puts the Seeing Eye Ball to good use!) as she trains Naruto across a number of elemental nations with Hinata and Shizune in tow.

''Synopsis:" Most people seem to think that developing a doujutsu is a wondrous, unspeakably lucky occurrence. Considering that she now has to deal with an ability she has no idea how to use, family drama, fashion crises, and the world's most rude and vulgar doctor, on top of getting to know her new genin team just after graduation...needless to say, Sakura begs to differ.

Synopsis: Naruto is hanging out at Ichiraku Ramen, down in the dumps because Valentine's Day is coming up and he doesn't have a date. Ayame, the ramen mistress, takes notice and offers to help him compose love letters to send to each of his female friends to see what develops. In addition, she helps him craft a Henge-enhanced alter ego named Nemar who turns out to be downright irresistible. With Ayame's eloquence and charm lessons, and Naruto's disguise-based good looks, what could go wrong? What indeed.

Synopsis: Time travel. Seals. "A new seal made by Naruto malfunctions when it's challenged by Akatsuki's extraction ritual. Now Naruto has to deal with situations he'd never dreamed of before: a war, a demon attack, Orochimaru, spies and the paradox of his own existence."

Pairing(s): NaruAnko (by way of Marriage stand-in slave contract), NaruHaku ( "Take me to Zabuza and I will be your slave") and Hanabi/Narutroopers (Naruto KageBuns that went rogue and started following Hanabi's orders.)

Synopsis: Naruto, sick of the hateful glares of the people of Konoha decides to give them a taste of their own medicine before the journey to Wave.

Synopsis: With a Shinobi war threatening to erupt, the fate of the Hidden Leaf, our favorite ninja and even the Akatsuki rest in the hands of two unlikely heroes of the Sarutobi and Hyuga Clan copied straight from the Fanfiction.net.

Synopsis: Itachi decides he needs another failsafe measure ensure Sasuke lives in an unsightly manor. To do that, he uses the Sharingan to brainwash Naruto to be exactly like him. Konoha will never be the same.

Synopsis: Basically, Naruto pranks both Sasuke and the whole village into thinking they're gay and together. Everybody is disturbed and confused, most notably Kakashi, who has to deal with their (apparent) gayness on a daily basis. Note that they are not actually a couple! It's just a huge, ever-growing misunderstanding, perpetuated solely by Naruto.

Synopsis: After Danzo becomes the Fifth Hokage Naruto flees the village. Years later Sakura, now a missing Nin, shows up in the Hidden Smoke village to drag Naruto back to Konoha in her attempt to bring her team back together. One problem, Naruto's got more then a few new priorities. Amazing story, its as though the author watched every episode of the anime and never forgot anyone.

Synopsis: Swearing herself against what she believed to be her father's mistakes, but holding those mistakes dear to her heart nonetheless. Learning under the man who became her idol, alongside teammates she grew to love, and losing both. She found friends in unlikely places. Slowly, but surely, broken, she found her way. Through a jar of sake or two. A girl has to cope somehow. (Female Kakashi)

Comments: Not quite a crackfic, but close. A recognizably different Kakashi, who still rings true.

Synopsis: Itachi's eyesight is beginning to deteriorate, so Akatsuki abducts Sakura from Konoha in order to reverse the condition. When the two are able to spend some time in the same room without killing each other, the present members of the organization jump to the wrong conclusion and decide to do everything in their power to get them together. Shouldn't be hard to guess what happens next.

Synopsis: One of the most beautiful oneshots I have ever read. The author of this makes this pairing believable. Written from Shikamaru's point of view, it's an amazing extended metaphor. Truly great. Even if you find the pairing strange, you should definitely give it a read. Again, it was just... wow...

Synopsis:Naruto fics don't get much funnier than this shipping parody, in which Konoha's population has become dangerously depleted following the invasion. Tsunade decides on a course of action that'll solve the problem and provide her with some entertainment in the bargain: an S-class mission to every ninja in Konoha, which can be summarized as "be fruitful and multiply." You can guess what happens.

Synopsis: (from author's summary) "Every several thousand years, the Nine Tailed Fox lets off an aura irresistible to women, and mates. But now that it's trapped inside Naruto, things are a little more complicated... Harem." Basically, every woman in Konoha tries to jump Naruto's bones by any means necessary.

Synopsis: (Author's Own Words): As the events of the manga begin to unfold, will the main course of the plot and timeline hold, or will their presence break the Naruto World apart? Multiple O Cs in Narutoverse done right. However, this synopsis is a gross oversimplification. What has happened is that multiple Naruto (and other animated fandom) cosplayers have been stuck in the Narutoverse by some god or other with a rather warped sense of humor, and given powers suggested by their chosen costumes. Then we watch as their very presense causes vast ripples in the timeline.

Synopsis: The night that the forbidden scroll was stolen, things went differently. Instead of being passed by Iruka, Naruto is instead granted a merit promotion for avenging his teacher and killing Mizuki — a traitor to the leaf. After that? Shikamaru uses his head. Shino uses his wits. And Naruto uses the advice of his two new friends...

Synopsis: "My name is Haruno Sakura. I am a straight-A student and am eligible for a scholarship to the top university in the country. My name is Haruno Sakura and I live in a cardboard box." A real world AU, Sakura-centric, eventual Ino/Sakura.

Synopsis: After Pein's attack on the village Danzo successfully became the 6th Hokage and forced Naruto out of the village. Years later the story begins as Naruto is called back to a village on the verge of war in order to try to stop the Ninja world from falling into chaos as Madara completes his plans.

Comments: The series is well written and gives a lot of minor characters, big moments. The 1st Book focuses on Naruto's return to Konoha as the picture is slowly painted of how messed up the world really is. The 2nd focuses on the war being fought between the villages while Naruto and his group try to bring together an alliance to take on Madara Uchiha and the Akatsuki. The 3rd book covers the end of the war as Konoha fights for survival. Book 4 which Ramen Renegade has only recently started takes place several years after the original trilogy and will pit Naruto and Konoha against an enemy with ties to the Namikaze clan. Be warned the other began the series during Pein's Invasion so the story reflects that in some areas.

The story is now complete at 23 chapters, with the 23rd chapter being published piecemeal on fanfiction.net. If you would like to read the rougher, not as edited (but still very readable) chapter before it is on fanfiction.net, it is posted on thefanfictionforum.net.

Synopsis: Naruto met the Kyuubi on the night when Mizuki decided to betray the village hidden in leaves. Not having been able to form any preconceived notions about it, words are exchanged, and a deal is struck. It. Changes. Everything.

Synopsis: Basically this is Naruto and Shippuden if Minato and Kushina had lived. Got the idea from the sixth movie, mainly because Naruto deserves to have a family and I'm in that kind of mood, and you will just have to read to find out who the new main enemy is. Strong/Smart/not-orphan Naruto, Naruhina, Minato X Kushina, possibly will take requests for others.

Synopsis: Anko and Kurenai have a plan to make to make some money: tonight is the night of a weekly high-stakes poker game between some of the most powerful people in the village. If they can get in, they stand a chance to make a pile of money. Too bad for them that a six-year-old Naruto Uzumaki just wandered into the game himself. Well, somebody's getting lucky tonight...

Synopsis: Hyuuga Neji goes missing nin, which is more complicated than it sounds. Luckily the Uchiha brothers are experts in professional treachery and more than willing to give him tips...whether he wants them or not. /post timeskip/ Sound Village mind f***ery/. (Taken from FF.net)

Synopsis: Long ago the world was full of amazing technology, things ninja could only dream of. For centuries this ancient art was lost. That is until a nosy blonde found it in a dusty tome. Now he follows in their footsteps – those of a mad scientist.

Synopsis: A retelling of Naruto, set in a non-specific period of the Colonial War, ala O Brother, Where Art Thou?, but mixed generously with the normal Naruto setting. Ninjas are now elite mercenaries that work autonomously with the states of the Fire Nation and set up like rank and file soldiers. The story blends colonial elements, such as political ramifications of the war, with nearly every aspect of the Naruto-verse we've come to know and love. Told via diary entries, mainly from Team Seven, it expands more and more on the new and interesting world with each chapter.

Synopsis: An alternate take on Naruto, where he never passed the graduation exam or met Mizuki afterwards. On the contrary, he instead ran into an unlikely hero: a yakuza gangster. What follows is Naruto's path to becoming a yakuza boss.

Synopsis: At first, no one could've guessed the consequences of Uzumaki Naruto's disappearance. However, seven years later, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura are rogue ninja, Team Seven assembles once more, and they all have secrets.

Synopsis: Konoha prepares for war. Sakura opens her eyes, forced to see a world drenched in scarlet. Naruto runs to the ends of the earth to save a friend. Kakashi treads dangerous ground. And Sasuke fights for his existence.

Synopsis: Post invasion. Nagato does not resurrect the dead. With Konoha weak, Iwa scheming and Kiri rising, the 5 Nations are on the brink of war. Naruto must fight through conspiracy, betrayal and the Akatsuki to preserve peace and maybe find peace himself.

Synopsis: "Sometimes it's easy to see the familiar in the faces around you. Sometimes it sucks to figure out why." An AU in which Naruto has both his parents and they are awesome incarnate, Sasuke is the big brother in a whole family, Sakura has all her boys, and Kakashi is the best high school teacher never alongside his best friend. Mood Whiplash of so much angsting and laugh-crying, only halfway Original Flavor and halfway dialogue on Crack, along with wishing that such Halcyon Days could go on forever... Also, "The Progression of Sasuke's Baby Panda Pain."

Synopsis: Naruto, after having several odd dreams, steals the forbidden scroll to graduate, and goes through what he calls the "Awakening." Said "Awakening" leaves him with a split personality, intelligence on par with Shikamaru,an army of kage bunshin who, in this case, act the part, and a case of pure insanity.

Status: Last updated 9/26/2011. Anthurak stated in the last author's note that he hasn't abandoned the story, but his inactivity let him see many problems with his writing style and come up with new ideas. However, he hasn't shown any activity since that date.

Synopsis: In a world where Naruto attacked Gaara without restraint, in a world where the Namikaze are of blood as Noble as any other great clan, in a world where a single tragedy created a path of empathy between Naruto and Sasuke, I wonder: What might have been?

Synopsis: In order to convince Sasuke that a) she is completely over him and b) if she wanted a boyfriend she would have no trouble getting one, Sakura bets him that she can get the most dangerous missing-ninja in the world to admit that she’s attractive. Never mind that the Akatsuki are the deadly enemies of her village, or that half of them are dead. Every bit as cracky as it sounds! (Written some time ago, and thus has Sasuke having returned to the village while Kisame, Konan, and Pain are still alive.)

Synopsis: Just as the seasons change, the bonds between three friends can never stay the same. Friends become rivals then enemies. Friendship becomes romance then love. But as the seasons always cycle back to spring, so can enemies become friends once again

Synopsis: Very few of Orochimaru's experiments have ever gone as poorly as Subject 014. Anko, who finds / is found by the experiment in the catacombs of one of his most recent laboratories, disagrees... She's about the only one, though. - FemNaruto -

Synopsis: Her mother gave her a scroll to sign in blood. A scroll she kept hidden. Years flew by and she found herself signing more and more scrolls in blood. She soon became something even demons feared. Hinata Hyuga, the summoner nin.

Synopsis: Disguised as a girl, Naruto will spy on Kage level kunoichi at the Cute Polar Bear Hot Springs Festival. On a related note, Sasuke deals with his growing attration to a mysterious new kunoichi. Also, the first ever Iruka Love Polygon. That I'm aware of.

Synopsis: Haku is too badly injured to die for Zabuza and so survives the Wave Country arc. Depressed and suicidal, she latches on to Naruto as her new reason for living, initiating one of the best Naru/Haku pairings in the fandom.

Synopsis: Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were not in fact the only rookies in that year. This genin was going to be normal, emotionally well-balanced and happy if it killed her. Which, in Konoha, was almost a statistical certainty.

Synopsis: The Sandaime insists eight year-old Sasuke get therapy. Iruka decides to make him participate in a theater production. So how does this lead to a smash hit musical about how he’s going to kill Itachi? CRACK!

Synopsis: Naruto knew he had parents, he had just not given it thought beyond idle dreams. But with a man before him who could have been him in fifteen years, Naruto realized that of the musing he had done, he had never imagined what his parents looked like.

Pairing(s): Shika/Tema, Naru/Hina, Sasu/Saku (a little), Chouji/Ino and a few more

Synopsis: Initially published on deviantART by the author. The Naruverse and the characters are transposed in... World War II (you read that right). An older Shikamaru is a drafted officer that tries to do his job as a soldier the best he can and who also must lead his platoon to victory against the antagonistic Land of the Sound and the bloodthirsty Akatsuki, with the help of the Land of Wind, and his lover/sister-in-arms Temari. First person POV.

Pairings: Nothing official, but plenty of Ship Tease in the accompanying picture and side fics

Synopsis (taken from the gallery's summary): The journey of Konoha's most unpredictable ninja, Uzumaki Naruto, who strives to become the village's greatest Hokage. However, this time around, the blonde geninhas more to hide than just the Fox.

Last Updated: 2011, for the main story. However, Watashi is still active and posting side pics and fics. The main story hit a road block when the story was found posted on Fanfiction.Net without her consent.

Synopsis: AU. It had been over four years since Sasuke's attempted defection to Orochimaru, and his subsequent return. It had also been over four years since Naruto had been cast out of the Land of Fire. It may have been a mistake on Tsunade's part, but he won't return...

Pairing(s): Too many to list. It's got a little bit of everything, really.

Synopsis: AU. The main cast of Naruto is working in a modern-day office, and we follow their lives there told exclusively (save from two or three chapters) in emails between the characters. There's office gossip, scandals, romance, murder, humor, crack, drama, rivalry, the list goes on.

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